Hame.



PATENTED JAN. 23, 1906.

J. A. ALEXANDER.

HAME. APPLICATION FILED MAYZ, 190s.

JULIUS A. ALEXANDER, OF PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS.

HAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 23, 1906.

Application filed ay 2,1903. Serial No. 155,330.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J ULIUs A. ALEXANDER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Pine Bluff, in the county of Jefferson and State ofArkansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hames, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in hames, and moreespecially to means for securing a tug or trace chain thereto; and itsobject is to provide securing means of this character by means of whichsaid tug or trace chain can be adjustably attached to said hame in orderto bring the draft at a de- 5 sired point thereon.

A further object is to so construct the fastening means as to bring theline of draft directly in rear of the edges of the hame, and therebyprevent the hame from being pulled from the collar.

3 Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2, Fig. 1.

a tug or trace chain.

With the above and other objects in View theinvention consists in thefurther novel construction and combination and arrangement of theseveral parts, which will be more fully 25 hereinafter described andclaimed, and illusm. t.r'ated in the accompanying drawings, in

which Figure 1 is a front elevation of a hame constructed in accordancewith my invention. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of a hame having amodified form of securing means, and Fig. 4: is a section on line 4. 4,Fig. 3.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, 1 is a hame ofordinary construction,

having a plate 2 secured to the front thereof by means of bolts 3 or inany other suitable manner. This plate is curved over the outer edge ofthe hame, as shown at A, and adjacent 4 to its outer edge is arranged aseries of aperpoint, as that portion of the plate 2 provided withapertures A is curved over the edge of the hame, so as to extend beyondand in rear of the inner edge of the hame, which serves to throw thetrace when connected therewith in easyline of draft with said hame,whereby the pull exerted thereupon will not be suflicient to remove thehame from the collar, as would be the case if the plate 2 .extendedstraight from the side of the hame.

In Fig. 3 I have shown the hame provided with a plate 6, having a seriesof hooks 7 instead of apertures 4. This hooked edge of the plate is alsocurved over the side of the hame, as shown in Fig. 4. It will be seenthat the device is extremely simple in construction, and, as beforestated, by the use of this curved plate the hame will remain firmlyseated within a collar when a pull is exerted thereupon.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of myinvention; but I do not limit myself thereto, as I am aware thatmodifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit orsacrificing the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the right tomake such changes as fairly fall within the scope of my invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- A hamecomprising an elongated trace-fastening plate having a series ofvertically-arranged openings at one side thereof to register withsimilar openings in the hame, and bolts for securing the plate and hametogether,

the opposite side edge of the plate having a series ofvertically-arranged hooks provided with inturned terminals, said platebeing inwardly curved at its central portion to permit of one-half ofits width to extend laterally beyond the inner edge of the hame,substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JULIUS A. ALEXANDER.

Witnesses:

ROBERT C. ALEXANDER, E. F. PRICE.

